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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/21/2007 | U.S. hopes humanitarian aide will ease tensions in Afghanistan

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/21/2007 | U.S. hopes humanitarian aide will ease tensions in Afghanistan: "GERESHK, Afghanistan — Two transport trucks loaded with humanitarian aid, escorted by South Carolina National Guard troops, rolled into the Afghan army base here earlier this month.
The aid - clothes, food and hygiene kits - was delivered after a NATO bombing killed dozens of men, women and children near this town of about 46,000 in the heart of Helmland province.
'The bombings caused a mess,' said Army Maj. Marc Daniels, who commanded the aid convoy. 'You get a hailstorm of people who are upset because you've just blown up their families.'"

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